Prom Night

So, Friday night was Prom for Victoria. She looked absolutely stunning in her dress. She and her friends decided not to stay the weekend at the beach, which led me to breathe a large sigh of relief. If you aren’t the parent(especially father) of a beautiful teenage daughter, it’s extremely hard to describe how one feels around this time of year. I’m a realist and I understand that children grow up. I also know that the side of my daughter that she reveals to me is only a small portion of who she really is.

But… she’s still just a teenager, and since I’m her Dad, and because I love her, I will always want to protect her from whatever evil lurks in the shadows. No parent wants their kids to make the same mistakes that they did as a kid… and believe me, if there was a mistake to be made, I made it. There is such a feeling of helplessness as you watch your child walk out of the door, knowing that you cannot always be there to protect her. The only thing you can do is say a silent prayer to God, that she has taken the years of advice to heart, and when the time comes, she remembers some of it and puts it to good use.

Anyway… she came home on time. Said she had a blast and then told me what they did and where they went…. Then the parent kicks in and I wonder to myself if I’ve heard the whole story… Probably not(as a few more hairs fall out of my head).

Tags: kids, parenthood, Victoria